ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243545
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| Date: | Sunday 28 May 1944 |
| Time: | 02:27 LT |
| Type: |  Handley Page Halifax Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MZ649 |
| MSN: | DY-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tubize, Walloon Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Mission to attack the military base at Bourg-Leopold.
Takeoff at 00:17 hrs for a bombing operation against the military camp at Leopoldsburg in Limburg.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Erich Jung of the 6./NJG 2, who was flying a Junkers Ju 88. This was Jung's 33rd victory.
Those who did not survive rest in the Schoonselhof Cemetery at Antwerpen.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three, page 28.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=MZ649
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 August 1944 | NA504 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 7 | sea off Schleswig-Holstein |  |
mis |
| 5 January 1945 | NA602 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 7 | 1 km northeast of Frielingen, Garbsen, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Oct-2020 17:26 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2022 11:24 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 27-May-2023 20:50 | redsix | Updated [[Location]] |
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